STUDY OF AGGRESSIVENESS IN WOMEN ENGAGED IN VARIOUS SPORTS

The research purpose is to determine the features of aggression in women engaged in various sports.

Methods and organization of research. 79 women aged 18 to 30 years were studied, including 15 women who do not engage in sports and 64 women involved in the following sports: martial arts (23 people), cyclic sports (16 people), sports games (18 people) and gymnastics (7 people). In order to achieve the purpose of the study, the analysis and generalization of research materials, revealing various aspects of the problem we are investigating, have been carried out. An experimental study of aggression indicators was conducted using the Bass-Darkey aggressiveness questionnaire, the A. Assinger and the BPQA-24 questionnaires.

Research results and their discussion. It was found that the indicators of aggressiveness of women engaged in and not engaged in sports do not differ significantly and amount to 13.41 and 14.53 points, respectively (Bass-Darkey method), 25.21 and 24.27 points (A. Assinger method), 52.73 and 55.73 points (BPAQ-24 method). Women involved in martial arts have significantly higher indicators of physical aggression according to the Bass-Darky method and the BPAQ-24 method – 4.13 and 20.83 points compared with women engaged in cyclic sports (3.00 and 15.13 points), sports games (3.13 and 19.06 points) and gymnastics (2.14 and 12.57 points). Women engaged in sports games are distinguished (the Bass-Darky method) by high rates of indirect aggression (4.56 points), feelings of guilt (6.17 points) and resentment (3.94 points) and low rates of suspicion (3.89 points). They are prone to physical (3.13 points) and verbal (7.11 points) aggression, have a higher level of hostility (9.94 points) and negativism (1.78 points). Women engaged in cyclic sports differ from representatives of gymnastics by higher indicators of physical (3.00 points) and verbal (5.69 points) aggression and aggressiveness index (12.38 points). Women engaged in cyclic sports are prone to verbal aggression (5.69 points) and negativism (1.13 points) in comparison with representatives of gymnastics. According to the BPAQ-24 method, women involved in gymnastics have low rates of physical aggression (12.57 points) and aggressiveness in general (44.14 points).

Conclusion. The data obtained indicate that aggressiveness as a naturally determined property of temperament does not change significantly in the process of sports activity. Among women engaged in sports in which direct physical impact on an opponent is encouraged (martial arts) or demanded (sports games), there are more people with high rates of aggressiveness, in comparison with those who go in for sports with conditional physical contact between rivals (cyclic sports) or lack of physical contact (gymnastics). This is due to the fact that women choose sports taking into account their inherent natural tendency to dominate and lead in interpersonal and business relationships.

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